Did IBM XIV force EMC's hand to announce VMAXe? Let's take a stroll down memory lane. In 2008, IBM XIV showed the world that it could ship a Tier-1, high-end, enterprise-class system using commodity parts. Technically, prior to its acquisition by IBM, the...

Interesting analysis by Applicable in UK, modelled for 500-4000 users: Cost of adding advanced collaboration capabilities: compare between IBM and Microsoft: - IBM Solutions are up to 37% cheaper based on Infrastructure costs and subsequent user support...

Did you know that IBM has extended software support agreements? Depending on the product, IBM has a commitment with its customers to provide product and technical support on software products for a designated amount of time, after the product has reached end...

What has the IBM Power 7 launch got to do with Smarter Collaboration? Primarily on TCO, Total Cost of Ownership... For example, Lotus Domino on POWER7 consumes 4.9 times less processing resource per task than Microsoft Exchange on Nehalem. So what? Well Lotus...

Check this out... http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/studyfederalgovtcansavebillionsinitspending "The U.S. government could save billions of dollars by moving to more open-source software, cloud computing and virtualization, a recent study...

Every CIO and CFO is looking at ways to reduce CAPEX and OPEX. Increasingly IT investments are requiring more rapid ROI, within the year... There are quite a few factoids in the cyberspace. For example: 1. Engineering: - Per NIST, in 2004,...

As I mentioned in my last post, [ IBM announces the 60th anniversary of digital tape storage systems ]. As promised, I am back in Tucson today to enjoy the festivities. Ten years ago, I travelled to New York City with my colleague, Randy Fleenor, to present...

Continuing coverage of my week in Washington DC for the annual [ 2010 System Storage Technical University ], I attended several XIV sessions throughout the week. There were many XIV sessions. I could not attend all of them. Jack Arnold, one of my colleagues...

I had a conversation this morning with a longtime consultant who has worked with 'the mainframe' since at least the 60s and is heavily involved in both SHARE and CMG. We found ourselves shaking their heads at the durability of perceptions would...

Obviously figuring out TCO when you look for desktop alternatives is important. I did a quick search on what is out there. Check these out: 1. RedHat TCO calculator: considers savings from not renewing/signing Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Moving from...

Integration and connectivity in a large enterprise are hefty concerns. Lack of either of these components can disable systems from 24x7 functionality – and affect your bottom line. Adding a level of complexity are the enterprise-wide applications and...

Just wrapped this up couple of weeks back... Smarter Collaboration Cost Reduction Strategy Areyou CAPEX and OPEX challenged? Looking for ways to free up money inyour IT budget immediately that can still help with long term TCO?Looking for rapid ROI? Smarter...

If your organization can relate to any of these top reasons, read further Want flexibility and choice in your environment/purchasing decisions Exploring "Desktop of the future" You are an ISV/VAD/SI/Solution provider exploring new ways to drive customer value...

NASA (Jet Propulsion Lab) is building and running software using Eclipse for mission critical projects such as controling Mars rovers, Scout Lander, and various robotic systems ( http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41756-1.html ). Eclipse is an open source...

We now have two published documents on Informix that talk about the positive impact of Informix in terms of the return on investment that companies can realize by deploying Informix. One of them is a Forrester paper titled "The Total Economic Impact™ Of...